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Tag Archives: lymphedema
THE JOY OF……..A GOOD LONG WEE, WHEN YOU SUFFER FROM LYMPHOEDEMA LIKE ME!
I’ll let you all into an embarrassing secret of mine for a moment, the other morning I raced into the bathroom quicker than Linford Christie in tight Lycra and shouted the following OUT LOUD as I weed(in the voice of … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, COMEDY, EMOTION, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged amusing health story, anxiety, banter, big wees, BLADDER, CELLULITIS, COMEDY, COMPRESSION, compression socks, COMPRESSION STOCKINGS, coping with lymphoedema, David Coleman, David Colemen, DOCTORS, EMOTION, fluid drainage, GALLBLADDER REMOVED, gallbladder taken out, going to the toilet, GPS, Health, health comedy, IRRITABLE BLADDER, JOY, Linford Christie, living with lymphedema, living with lymphoedema, lymph fluid, lymph gland drainage issue, LYMPH GLANDS, lymphatic fluid, lymphatic glands, lymphedema, LYMPHOEDEMA, MALE HEALTH, MENS HEALTH, mental health, nerves, NHS, pee, physical health, poisoning my body, PROSTATE INFECTION, PROSTATITIS, record breakers, swelling in the legs, SWOLLEN ANKLES, SWOLLEN FEET, SWOLLEN LEGS, symptoms and side effects of lymphoedema, toilet, TRUE STORY, urinating, urination, useless doctors, WEE, WEEING
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SUFFERING FROM ILL HEALTH CAN BE HEARTBREAKING AND SOUL DESTROYING AT TIMES, ESPECIALLY WHEN NOT EVERYBODY BELIEVES YOU!
“You sure you’re not getting obsessed with your bits”? A GP said this to me once. “I think we discussed this last time how you’re maybe getting obsessed with your blood sugars”. A Diabetic Nurse said this to me once. … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, COMPLIMENT, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, EMOTION, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, TRIBUTE, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged anxiety, bad doctors, bad gp, being patronized, big brother, BLADDER, BLADDER PROBLEM, BLOOD SUGARS, CELLULITIS, CHRONIC BACTERIAL PROSTATITIS, CHRONIC ILLNESS, CHRONIC PAIN, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, compliment, CONTAMINATION, CONTAMINATION OCD, COPING WITH ILL HEALTH, DEGREE, degree interrupted by illness ill health, DEPRESSION, depression about health, DIABETES, DIABETIC, diabetic nurse, DIARY, differing medical opinions, DISCRIMINATION, DISGUST AT DOCTORS, DOCTORS, EMOTION, EMPATHY, exasperation at gp, failed diagnosis, Family, feeling weary, FEELING WORN OUT, fellow sufferer, FIGHTING, FRIENDS, friendship, GPS, Health, health battles, health diary, HEALTH ISSUES, HEALTH PROBLEMS, health story, health strugles, health worries, HELP, HOPE, ILL, ILL AT UNIVERSITY, ILL HEALTH, inept doctors, interrupted degree, isolation of being ill, isolation of ill health, knowing more than a doctor, LIFE, LIFE STORY, LIVING NIGHTMARE, LYMPH GLANDS, lymphedema, lymphemea, LYMPHOEDEMA, lymphoedema in legs, male, MALE HEALTH, male pelvic pain, manual lymphatic drainage, MEDICAL PEOPLE NOT BELIEVING YOU, MEDICINE, MEN, MENS HEALTH, mental depession, mental fight, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH DISCRIMINATION, MENTAL HEALTH PREJUDICE, MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA, mental help, mental illness, mental support, MIND, MISDIAGNOSIS, MOTHER, MOTIVATION, muscoskeletal physiotherapy, MY DEGREE, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, nerves, NHS, NIGHTMARE, nurse, obsessive complusive disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, osteopath, PATRONIZED BY DOCTORS, PELVIC GIRDLE PAIN, PELVIC PAIN, PELVIC PHYSIO, PELVIC PHYSIOTHERAPY, pgp, physio, physiotherapy, poor doctors, poor gps, PREJUDICE, PROSTATE CANCER, PROSTATE ILLNESS, PROSTATITIS, psychological, psychological pain, rant, rib pain, SELF EDUCATION, SELF HELP GROUP, SHOULDER PAIN, Social Media, social media friendships, SORE PELVIS, SORE RIBS, sore shoulder, speak out about mental health, specialist womens physiotherapist, stigma, stigma of mental health illness, suicidal thought, SUICIDAL THOUGHTS, SUICIDE, SUPPORT, SYMPATHY, tribute, true stories, Twitter, TYPE ONE DIABETES, UROLOGISTS, VASCULAR, VINDICATION, well being, when doctors don't believe you, when people don't believe you're ill, women's physiotherapy, WOMENS HEALTH PHYSIOTHERAPY, WORRIES
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A QUICK TICKLE NEAR MY GROIN AND SOME MASSAGING WITH NOT MUCH PRESSURE….MY FIRST EXPERIENCE OF MANUAL LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE!
ME : “Hi, it’s Andrew Lloyd” Therapist : “Hello, do you want to take your shoes off before coming through” Now, I will be honest with you and say that this request here to take my shoes off did take … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, OCD, Uncategorized
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Tagged #LYMPHGLANDS, #MANUALLYMPHATICDRAINAGE, #MENSHEALTH, alternative medicine, alternative therapy, ANATOMY, blog, BONES, COMEDY, COMMUNICATION, DIARY, feet swelling, fight infections, groin, Health, HOLISTIC, HOLISTIC MEDICINE, HOLISTIC THERAPY, humour, ILL HEALTH, ILLNESS, immune system, KARL PILKINGTON, LEGS, legs lymph glands, LEGS SWELLING, lymph, LYMPH GLANDS, lymphatic fluid, lymphedema, LYMPHOEDEMA, MALE HEALTH, MANUAL LYMPH DRAINAGE, manual lymphatic drainage, MASSAGE, MASSING, MEDICINE, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MLD, MUSCLES, no hands, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, shoes, shoes off, skin, SOFT TISSUE, SWELLING, SWOLLEN LEGS, SWOLLEN LIMBS, talk, therapist, Tibetan monks, UNWELL
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MY LYMPHOEDEMA IS IMPROVING AND ALL I HAVE DONE IS………..EXERCISE MORE!
“Lymphoedema is a chronic condition that causes swelling when the lymphatic system is not able to drain fluid properly”.(Google search). “Lymphoedema is a swelling that develops as a result of an impaired lymphatic system. This may be as a result of … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, DEPRESSION, DIABETES, EMOTION, FAMILY, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, skin infection, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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BOTH PALS AND MY GP ARE ON MY SIDE! (LYMPHOEDEMA DIAGNOSIS UPDATE).
Monday was a relatively big day for me on the ‘get me better front’. If you read my last blog then you will have discovered how I had recently been given two opposing opinions by two Vascular Consultants…..in the space … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, cellulitis, DEPRESSION, EMOTION, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, RANT, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged ACUTE MEDICAL UNIT, ANANTOMY, ANKLES, ANXIETIES, anxiety, CHRONIC PAIN, CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN, COMPLAINT, COMPRESSION, COMPRESSION STOCKINGS, DEPRESSION, DIAGNOSIS, DIARY, DISTESS, DOCTORS, duplex leg scan, EMOTION, ENGLAND, FRUSTRATING, GP, Health, health and beauty, HEALTH MATTERS, HEARTACHE, HELP, HOSPITAL, HOSPITAL DOCTORS, HOSPITALS, ILL, ILL HEALTH, INCOMPETENCE, LEG SCAN, LEGS, LEGS SWELLING, LOWER LIMBS, LYMPH GLANDS, lymphedema, LYMPHOEDEMA, LYMPHOGRAM, MALE HEALTH, MANUAL LYMPH DRAINAGE, manual lymphatic drainage, MEDICAL COMPLAINT, MEDICAL CONDITION, MEDICAL PROBLEM, MEDICINE, MENS HEALTH, mental health, MISDIAGNOSIS, MLD, NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, nerves, NHS, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, OCD, OUTPATIENTS, PALS, PATIENT ADVICE LIAISON SERVICE, rant, REFERRAL, SCIATICA, SECOND OPINION, SOFT TISSUE, SOFT TISSUE MASSAGE, SUPPORT, SWELLING, SWOLLEN FEET, SWOLLEN LEGS, SWOLLEN LIMBS, true stories, TRUE STORY, UK, UK HEALTHCARE, UNCATEGORISED, UNWELL, UPDATE, VASCULAR, VASCULAR ASSESSMENT, VASCULAR CLINIC, VASCULAR CONSULTANT, WORRIES, WORRY, WRONG DIAGNOSIS
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I SEEM TO BE TAKING ONE STEP FORWARD, TWO STEPS BACK AT THE MO….FEEL LIKE THROWING THE TOWEL IN AT TIMES!
MY QUEST TO GET A FULFILLING LIFE ONCE AGAIN CONTINUES TO BE THWARTED BY MY RECENT DIAGNOSIS OF LYMPHOEDEMA! I am a bundle of utter frustration at the moment, it’s a long story that has seen much anguish and many … Continue reading →
Posted in ANXIETY, HEALTH, LYMPH GLANDS, LYMPHOEDEMA, mens health, MENTAL HEALTH, NHS, OCD, skin infection, TRUE STORIES, Uncategorized
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Tagged ANXIETIES, anxiety, CELLULITIS, FEARS, FRUSTRATED, FRUSTRATIONS, Health, health and beauty, health worries, HOPE, LIFE, LYMPH GLANDS, lymphatic drainage, lymphedema, LYMPHOEDEMA, LYMPHOGRAM, MALE HEALTH, manual lymphatic drainage, mental health, NHS, OCD, physiotherapy, skincare, SWOLLEN ANKLES, SWOLLEN FEET, VASCULAR, VASCULAR ASSESSMENT
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